ACSM: Low-Carb Diet, Fatty Meal Don't Harm Arteries

As Fitness Watch has been telling people all along.

Here is more evidence that the problem is being too darned fat and that the important thing is to lose it - not how you lose it.

Low-carbohydrate diets that require patients to fill up on fats won't lead to harder arteries, at least not in the short term, researchers found.
Endothelial function and arterial stiffness were no different for those who lost 10 pounds after curbing their carb intake than for those on a more traditional, low-fat diet, Kerry Stewart, MD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues reported at the American College of Sports Medicine meeting in Denver.

"Losing weight may be more important to [arterial] health than the diet you're on," Stewart told MedPage Today.

Lose the weight, gain better vessels.